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U.S. drone ‘kills three militants’ in Pakistan
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan — A US drone attack killed at least three militants early Thursday in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region, known as a hotbed of Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants, security officials said. The drone fired two missiles on a building in the central market of Miranshah, the main town in North…
Dissecting Obama’s standard on drone strike deaths
In a lengthy front-page story last week exploring President Obama’s use of drone strikes in countries including Pakistan and Yemen, the New York Times reported that the president had “embraced a disputed method for counting civilian casualties that did little to box him in.” Citing “several administration officials,” the Times…
Officials: U.S. missiles kill 15 in Pakistan
US missiles killed 15 militants in Pakistan’s Taliban and Al-Qaeda stronghold of North Waziristan on Monday, the third drone strike in three days and the deadliest this year, officials said. The attack looked set to inflame tensions with Islamabad ahead of a visit by a US assistant defence secretary, Peter Lavoy, on a mission to persuade Pakistan…
Pakistan ‘CIA doctor’ appeals conviction
Lawyers representing the Pakistani doctor jailed after helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden appealed against his conviction on Friday. Shakeel Afridi was on May 23 sentenced to 33 years in jail under Pakistan’s archaic system of tribal justice, worsening Pakistan’s already precarious relationship with the United States. He was…
Pakistani authorities fear threats on life of CIA ally
Pakistani authorities on Wednesday said that they feared the doctor recruited by the CIA to help find Osama bin Laden could be killed and demanded he be transferred to a more secure prison. Shakeel Afridi was last week sentenced to 33 years in jail after he was found guilty of…
Sen. Rand Paul proposes suspending all Pakistan aid
WASHINGTON — A conservative senator called Tuesday for the United States to suspend all aid to Pakistan and grant citizenship to a doctor who was jailed for helping hunt down Osama bin Laden. American lawmakers have already sought to cut or freeze some assistance to Pakistan, the third largest recipient…
Pakistan cleric arrested over dancing death decree
Police in Pakistan on Tuesday arrested a Muslim cleric accused of sentencing six people to death for singing and dancing at a wedding in the north of the country. “Police have arrested a cleric and his companion for issuing the death decree, but they totally denied it,” local administration officialAqal Badshah Khattak told AFP. “The…
Report: Obama personally oversees Al-Qaeda ‘kill list’
US President Barack Obama has personally overseen a top-secret process for determining which Al-Qaeda suspects should be placed on a “kill list,” the New York Times reported Tuesday. The Times, citing dozens of top officials and former advisers, said the administration had developed what it termed the “kill list” as part of a stepped-up drone war against…
U.S. drone strike kills 8: Pakistani officials
A US drone strike on Thursday killed eight militants in a Taliban stronghold of Pakistan’s tribal belt, bringing the death toll from such strikes to 12 in two days, Pakistani officials said. “The drone fired two missiles on a house in Hassokhel town,” 25 kilometres (16 miles) east of Miranshah,…
Pakistan acid women fear backlash over Oscar film
Survivors of acid attacks whose plight became the focus of an Oscar-winning documentary now fear ostracism and reprisals if the film is broadcast in Pakistan. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy made history earlier this year when she won Pakistan’s first Oscar, feted across the country for exposing the horrors endured by women whose faces are obliterated in…
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